![]() ![]() at Young’s Funeral Home in El Dorado, Ark.Ī visitation will be held at Latimer Funeral Home in Nashville, Ark., on Sunday, Dec. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Southern Christian Children’s Home, P.O. grandchildren Emma Ophelia Hendricks and Walker Bennett Hendricks of Searcy, Ark. one daughter, Marsha McNutt Hendricks and husband Michael of Searcy, Ark. She was preceded in death by her two sisters, Evelyn Chesshir Brooks and Nelda Chesshir Hawley, and her brother, James William Chesshir. Upon her return to El Dorado, she stayed home as a wife and mother. She quit work at American Oil in September 1964, and went to the World’s Fair in New York City with Jack and his sister and brother-in-law, Ethelyn and Scottie English. In 1957, they returned to El Dorado, Ark., where Jerry worked for American Oil as a cashier in the Payroll Office. In August of 1956, they moved to New York City, where Jerry worked for Chase Manhattan Bank, while Jack was in graduate school. She worked in the Alumni Office at Harding while Jack finished his bachelor’s degree. Jerry and Jack married on August 19, 1955. Their romance continued even when Jerry returned home, upon her mother’s death, to help her brother, Bill, graduate from high school. Upon returning to Harding, she met Jack McNutt. She took a sabbatical from her education at Harding University to work at Southern Christian Children’s Home in Morrilton, Ark. She had the pleasure of attending Corinth School for the first and second grades, and she completed her schooling in Nashville Public Schools, graduating from Nashville High School in 1949. She was the third child of the late Walker Jordan and Ruth McClure Chesshir.
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